Confessions Of A Mom Geek

There was a time when my geekiness was not very stylish at all!  I was the one with the encyclopedia sized day-planner stuffed into my purse back in the late 80's.  After my first baby, I took my geekiness to a whole new level!  Enter the Palm Pilot!  I remember typing all of my recipes into it and pulling it out at the grocery store while other shoppers gave me curious looks.  Soon, I was dealing with a large, clunky cell phone and a Palm Pilot.... truly a female Inspector Gadget!

Between my sister and me, we have purchased and tested so many cell-phones that I have lost count. The phone that I have today and love is the Palm-Pre.  I started with carrying Palm Pilots and it looks like I have come full-circle.  Windows Mobile based phones are just not for me.  In my opinion, they are not very intuitive at all.  The Palm-Pre is beautiful in it's simplicity. 

Palm, Inc. as a company....what's up with that?  It seems this organization is always struggling.  Today's news is that Palm is up for grabs to any corporation who will have it! Please, I'm a Palm Fan!  Let's keep this wonderful phone from disappearing. 

More blogging to come regarding this great device!

Eggstravaganza 2010

We had our annual Easter egg-dying get together.  There are no rules.  The kids just grab a boiled egg from a pile.  They can dye or decorate it any way they choose!  Moms get involved too!  It's fun.  

This year my sister-in-law hosted our Eggstravaganza!  She provided plain white handled bags for the kids to design themselves.  We finished the event with a little egg hunt.

Every year, I tell myself that I'm going to study-up and learn some new and unique egg-dying tricks before the Eggstravaganza.  :)  I didn't do it this year, but I'm going to be prepared for next Easter!  So far, we use the tried and true method of writing names and drawing patterns on the egg with a white/clear wax crayon before dipping it into the dye.  

We also use a trick learned from a great aunt in which the egg is wrapped in several rubber bands and then dyed. 

 

Here are some egg dying tricks I want to try in the future:

• Silk-Tie Eggs - from the Martha Stewart website:

• Lace Eggs - also from Martha Stewart:

• Tissue Paper Eggs:   

The Craft Kit Team

My five year old niece and I have started a tradition of getting together to complete craft kits. These are usually ones that she has received for Christmas or her birthday. We are "The Craft Kit Team". Together we are going to complete, photograph and blog about the craft kits we create! I will publish "The Results" here!

A few weeks ago, we completed "The Cupcake Purse Kit". The item description reads:

• Cupcake Purse kit is from Creativity for Kids
• Handy kit allows you to decorate this satin-covered cupcake purse with icing trim, a sprinkle of beads and cherry bead topper 
• Craft kit offers trendy fibers and fun embellishments

          Things We Liked:

• Plenty of glue, beads and trim
• Chocolate satin lining inside
• Opening & closing the top using the ribbon & cherry bead
• Nice colors

Things We Wished:

• Better instructions at the beginning describing the different options of making patterns with the beads & glue, instead of just all over the top 

        

Happy Valentine's Day 2010!

A Classic Valentine's E-Card from Jacquie Lawson

It Actually Snowed!!

But it got too cold to finish our snowman's face! He's lucky he has a nose.